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Obama has won the support of Jennifer Aniston, Jackson Browne, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Dennis Haysbert, Tobey Maguire, Branford Marsalis, Eddie Murphy, Ed Norton, Ben Stiller and Gene Wilder, according to the national political journal the Hill. Meanwhile, Clinton will be getting payouts from Candice Bergen, Christie Brinkley, Chevy Chase, Hugh Hefner, Christine Lahti, Marla Maples, Rosie O'Donnell, Jerry Springer and Barbra Streisand. O'Donnell also contributed to Bill Richardson's campaign. Barry Manilow has contributed to both Obama and Clinton's campaigns. Other presidential candidates have also lined up high-profile
support. Michael Douglas is contributing to the campaigns of
both Christopher Dodd and Bill Richardson. Dodd is also supported
by Paul Newman, Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels, among others, while
actor Seth Green, and Don Henley, formerly of the Eagles, are backing
John Edwards. Celebrities Line Up Cash For Obama,
Clinton
On Sunday, Barbra Streisand hosted a tribute to Bill Clinton at her beach-side home in Malibu as the president comes to the end of his tenure. The event, which will raise money for a presidential library in Arkansas, was shrouded in secrecy. The White House refused to disclose the guest list, reveal the president's remarks or confirm reports that he raised as much as $10m (£6.6m). The star-studded donor list for Al Gore's election campaign boasts 17 Oscar winners including Warren Beatty, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Nicholson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Barbra Streisand. Monday, 14 August, 2000, 15:27 GMT
16:27 UK
Barbra Streisand headlined a celebrity-packed fundraiser in Los Angeles Sunday night which raised $6 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The DCCC, chaired by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, raises money for House candidates. A September 24 DCCC press release listed “artists who are supporting the event,” most likely by sending a check, but which I did not see mentioned in any news story about the event: “Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Ben Affleck, Maya Angelou, Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Michael Douglas, James Gandolfini, Wesley Snipes, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Goldie Hawn, Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg, Christopher Reeve, Anjelica Huston, John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, and Annette Bening.” That press release is online at: http://www.dccc.org/press/newsreleases//2002-09-24.915.phtml http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20021001.asp#1
Wall-to-wall celebrities at the Democratic National Committee fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall included Matt Damon, Salma Hayek, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, and Harrison Ford, who helped raise $6.5 million for the Democratic cause. Maybe it was her legal activist role in Erin Brockovich, but Roberts confessed, “I’m a Democrat, [but] I’ve never done anything political before” Performers included Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, and Jon Bon Jovi — who harmonized on The Beatles’ “Revolution” — and Bette “Bathhouse”Midler. The hosts of the event were Miramax’s Harvey Weinstein, VH1’s John Sykes, and Rolling Stone’s Jann Wenner. Introducing Lieberman, Weinstein acknowledged that the vice-presidential candidate “isn’t making my job any easier”but called him “a strong but fair critic of the entertainment industry.” He added, “I’m proud that we were the first to respond this week,”referring to the Sept. 12 statement by Miramax’s parent, the Walt Disney Co., which spelled out “responsible marketing practices”that the company would undertake in order to answer specific criticisms of a recent Federal Trade Commission report. (Mr. Showbiz is also owned by the Walt Disney Co.) Stars Turn Out for Gore Fund-Raiser
Holllywood Turns Out For Gore Fund-Raiser Sept. 15
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